Lloyd Alter: Why Is So Much Green Architecture So Ugly?

March 30, 2009

Why Is So Much Green Architecture So Ugly?

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Child Development Centre, Calgary, Kasian Architects. Ugly? One author thinks so.

There is an interesting debate going on in the journals about the quality of green buildings. More in TreeHugger.

Mar 30, 2009 12:57:59 PM | Architecture

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